Games for Health

There is a website for Games for Health:

The Serious Games Initiative founded Games for Health to develop a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications. To date the project has brought together researchers, medical professionals, and game developers to share information about the impact games and game technologies can have on health care and policy.

There is even an Annual Conference for Games for Health:
Games for Health Fourth Annual Conference 2008
May 8-9, 2008
Baltimore MD
Dates & Times:
Thursday, May 8 : 8:00am – 7:30pm (Including Breakfast and Reception)
Friday, May 9 : 8:00am – 4:30pm (Including Breakfast)
Location:
Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

And a research program:
$8.25 Million Research Program to Investigate Design Strategies and
Benefits of Interactive Games to Improve Health and Health Care

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